The Confessional

[Lunaseraphim]

We have a few who would benefit from the restorative powers of a walk in the forest.

May they get abducted by fairies and never come back

 

[LeDodo]

I like cheese curds. The one on the poutine but just that

I bought I cheese curd bag to eat it as a snack ...

 

[Giselle Montreal]

I like cheese curds. The one on the poutine but just that

I bought I cheese curd bag to eat it as a snack ...

Ça, ça veut dire que t'es un vrai québécois maintenant

 

[LeDodo]

Ça, ça veut dire que t'es un vrai québécois maintenant

J'ai trop fréquenté des québécois! Et peut être des québécoises ...

 

[AnthonyAnderson]

Me: no problem kissing a woman I just met on a date (provided no obvious hygiene/health issues)

Also me: anxiously looking at the coffee shop employee's hands to make sure they don't touch the spot where my lips will go.

Human nature never ceases to amaze.

 

[twenty4seven]

I confess that I pull out Google translate sometimes when doing Duolingo. I just NEED that perfect score sometimes, even if it brings shame upon my house.

 

[rightime1]

It's honestly very depressing, but nothing that surprises me. I participate in discussions like these on this forum once in a while because I feel like it's important for clients to know the truth and have a nuanced perspective. Maybe that makes me annoying. It is incredibly disheartening and exhausting sometimes, but I feel more detached right now than I did a few months ago. I understand that some people won't change

def. not annoying

 

[Lunaseraphim]

I confess that I pull out Google translate sometimes when doing Duolingo. I just NEED that perfect score sometimes, even if it brings shame upon my house.

Traveling to Spanish speaking countries has challenged me
.. I gotta l learn

 

[Michelle Gunn]

I ate half a bag of mini pepperoni and half a bag of chips for supper last night around midnight.

 

[rightime1]

Traveling to Spanish speaking countries has challenged me
.. I gotta l learn

me too .. so good when travelling with someonewho's fluent tho it places the onus on them to organize everything.

 

[Lunaseraphim]

me too .. so good when travelling with someonewho's fluent tho it places the onus on them to organize everything.

Not just that I just believe it's respectful to know a languages

 

[twenty4seven]

Traveling to Spanish speaking countries has challenged me
.. I gotta l learn

Mine is German. Spanish is easy if you know French tbh

 

[rightime1]

Not just that I just believe it's respectful to know a languages

certainly a plus, and def appreciated in my experience.

 

[PatHibulaire]

Mine is German. Spanish is easy if you know French tbh

I spent 30 years learning spanish (my mother tongue is french). I speak it well enough to have a decent conversation with locals. However I hate it when people say it's easy. I would admit it is easier when you already know french but definitly not easy unless you have a gift for learning new languages which is not my case.

 

[twenty4seven]

I spent 30 years learning spanish (my mother tongue is french). I speak it well enough to have a decent conversation with locals. However I hate it when people say it's easy. I would admit it is easier when you already know french but definitly not easy unless you have a gift for learning new languages which is not my case.

I guess that's what I meant. Mainly I mean that structurally the Latin languages are similar and so understanding sentence structure is easier but yeah you def need to have to be decent at learning new languages.

 

[LeDodo]

I like cheese curds. The one on the poutine but just that

I bought I cheese curd bag to eat it as a snack ...

I had it as part of my breakfast and my dinner.

 

[LeDodo]

I have a plugin hybrid vehicle, meaning I can benefit from one of the privilege to park in designated carpark space as long as I'm charging (and yes you can get fined if you're just parking on an EV designated carpark).

I parked on a spot where the charger was out of service and on top of that it was not the correct plug type for my car.

But I took the plug of an adjacent charger. But it was not working either ...

I just plugged it into my car to pretend charging and to avoid getting a fine (although it's very rare)

 

[urquell]

I spent 30 years learning spanish (my mother tongue is french). I speak it well enough to have a decent conversation with locals. However I hate it when people say it's easy. I would admit it is easier when you already know french but definitly not easy unless you have a gift for learning new languages which is not my case.

People think that they should automatically be the same because they're latin language but they're really not. Many of my latin friends tell me that in some ways it's easier to learn English than it is French because of the pronunciation and the accents. Also the silent letters tend to screw them up in both English and French. The really nice thing about Spanish is that it always sounds like it reads and it's always pronounced the same way. You just need to be able to master spanish the verbs, because Spanish verbs are fucked. Also, every time you cross a latin border the local slang changes, and there's a lot of latin borders, so that can be a challenge when travelling. English is my native tongue, but having learned both French and Spanish I would say that if you're starting from scratch that Spanish is easier to learn than French.

 

[skarsga]

I'm all in, or I'm all out.
I struggle to find balance and moderation for things in my life.

 

[PatHibulaire]

People think that they should automatically be the same because they're latin language but they're really not. Many of my latin friends tell me that in some ways it's easier to learn English than it is French because of the pronunciation and the accents. Also the silent letters tend to screw them up in both English and French. The really nice thing about Spanish is that it always sounds like it reads and it's always pronounced the same way. You just need to be able to master spanish the verbs, because Spanish verbs are fucked. Also, every time you cross a latin border the local slang changes, and there's a lot of latin borders, so that can be a challenge when travelling. English is my native tongue, but having learned both French and Spanish I would say that if you're starting from scratch that Spanish is easier to learn than French.

You are absolutely right. The spanish language is regularly standardized which makes it easier for a french speaking person to learn spanish than the other way around. For example, In the spanish-french dictionary that I bought 40 years ago (before internet) the LL, and the CH are considered letters on their own. That has been changed since then. As I said before easier is not the same as easy. As for the accent, just like any language (british versus USA english for example) every countries have their particularities.